CDOC

  • CDOC explores the theme of truth

    CDOC explores the theme of truth

    The highly anticipated 11th instalment of the Castlemaine Documentary Film Festival opens this Friday and runs through until Sunday at Castlemaine’s historic Theatre Royal. This year’s theme is ‘Truth. You couldn’t make this stuff up’ and will see 10 incredible films showcased across the three-day event, which will take audiences across the world, back in…

  • LOCALS set to inspire

    LOCALS set to inspire

    Castlemaine Documentary Festival’s (July 4-6) beloved annual celebration of homegrown storytelling LOCALS returns to Castlemaine historic Theatre Royal on Saturday July 5. LOCALS brings together a vibrant collection of short-form works by central Victorian filmmakers and is so popular with local audiences that tickets had just about sold out at the time of going to…

  • Immerse yourself in CDoc

    Immerse yourself in CDoc

    There is just over a fortnight left until the 2025 Castlemaine Documentary Film Festival opens at Castlemaine’s historic Theatre Royal. CDoc’s opening night special event on Friday July 4 will feature the silent film and masterpiece, Man With A Movie Camera, with live score by Underground Lovers Moda Discoteca. This score has been commissioned especially…

  • Celebrating 10 years of stories

    Celebrating 10 years of stories

    The Castlemaine Documentary Festival is turning 10 in 2024 and celebrated the anniversary milestone with a launch event at Boomtown Wines at The Mill, Castlemaine, last Thursday evening. The crowd in attendance Thursday evening were welcomed to the celebration by CDOC board member Suzanne Donisthorpe who acknowledged they were meeting on Djaara Country and honoured…

  • Masterclass and music

    Masterclass and music

    After the roaring success of LOCALS at this year’s Castlemaine Documentary Festival they’ll be doing it all again in 2023! In order to assist entrants to prepare for the 2023 event, CDOC is hosting a Storytelling Masterclass at Castlemaine’s Northern Arts Hotel with three veterans of the documentary world next month. CDOC director Claire Jager…

  • Writing with fire

    Writing with fire

    The countdown is on until the 2022 Castlemaine Documentary Festival, set to feature at the Theatre Royal from July 1-3. The theme for this year’s event is ‘Realise the Possible’ and the team behind this year’s event has once again gone above and beyond to source an array of films that feature ‘Real stories. Real…

  • Profound change: Film documents feminist movement

    Profound change: Film documents feminist movement

    Castlemaine’s Theatre Royal is looking forward to again partnering with the Castlemaine Documentary Film Festival on a screening tomorrow of must-see feature-length doco, Brazen Hussies. The film shows us how a daring and diverse group of women joined forces to defy the status quo, demand equality and create profound social change – contributing to one…